Betty Wallace speaks on drug use and family impact
Betty Wallace describes a years long drug use pattern starting in adolescence and how two sisters were drawn into drugs. She recalls a Christian upbringing, family secrecy, and a cycle of quaaludes acid and cocaine, beginning around age 13 to 15, with one sister entering rehab and another becoming pregnant and living out of state.
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Betty Wallace
Betty
Upstate
Semi-truck rolls as strap breaks in Venice lumber haul
A Tampa trucker says a strap broke causing his 42,000-pound flatbed with fir cedar and redwood to roll onto its side at Venice Avenue and Business 41. Firefighters treated a head wound while rescue crews dammed diesel and awaited forklifts to unload the lumber.
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Tampa
Venice
Redwood
Venice Avenue
China bound TV executive with Nokomis stopover
Tom Skinner executive vice president of Pittsburgh Public Television arrives at Sarasota Airport for a two day visit with his mother in Nokomis before continuing to China via Houston and Los Angeles. He oversees a national production center that creates 1000 hours of public broadcasting yearly and partners with Gulf Oil Shell and the Corporation for Public Broadcasting on major cultural TV series including Nat Geographic collaborations.
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M.B. Macfarlane
Venice-Nokomis
Naples
Miami
Florida
Nokomis
China
Tom Skinner
Sarasota
Frances Skinner
Houston
Tex
Los Angeles
Calif
Skinner
Pittsburgh Public Television
WQED
Pittsburgh
All About
Public Broadcasting
National Geographc
National Geographic
Gulf
Shell Oil
Corporation For Public Broadcasting
Kennedy Center
Shell
Aaron Copland
National Symphony Orchestra
Leonard Bernstein
Duke Ellington
L.A
Cal
Fate of Venice middle school undecided
The Venice area weighs a middle school plan as School Superintendent James Fox says a decision is pending. He cites a 11 to 14 year old student focus, potential grade reshuffle, and a shift of ninth graders to high school as part of a broader K through 12 review amid mixed community views.
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Venice
South County
James Fox
Venice Junior High
Fox
Save Money with Coupons TV Guide Feature
A TV Guide clipping promotes coupon usage with a focus on savings and deals. It highlights how readers can maximize discounts on groceries and household items using available coupons and store programs.
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New York
David Martin
China Bound TV
Japan
Gulf Oil
Dennis B. Kane
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Green Fountain
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